Classic "Alternative": Punk, Art Rock, New Wave, "whatever"...

[numberthirty]

On The Muffs...

It's worth noting that what will probably wind up being the band's final album No Holiday was just released.



While they were never a band that was going to up out something like Songs From The Elder, The Muffs were pretty evergreen in that every single album felt like you were listening to a band that was just getting started.

Here's a piece Roy McDonald talking about Kim...

- https://www.latimes.com/entertainmen...ald-no-holiday

Remembering the Muffs’ Kim Shattuck: ‘She is the bravest person I’ll ever know’

[numberthirty]

Both Green Day and Blink 182 are releasing new music these days. It's a good excuse to remember that they don't exist without bands like Buzzcocks and Descendents/All

To riff off of this...

It's also worth noting that the TonyALL album New Girl, Old Story album is also a part of that equation. It's essentially former Descendent's bassist/songwriter Tony Lombardo with that era's lineup of All acting as his backing band. You sort of have to be a fan of one or both bands, but it's probably going to work for folks who are.



In addition to that, Tony was in a band called Spiffy for a hot minute back in the second half of the nineties.

[Nine Crocodile]

- Robyn Hitchcock may very well have been on a major label during that period of time.

He was on both A&M and Warner Bros. records during his career.

[ed2962]

AAh! One of my favorite GoGo's songs! God knows why but it was unavailable on YouTube for a few years, but it's back again. Also..isn't that Rob Lowe?! And Jane looks like early 60's cartoon George Harrison

[ed2962]

[ed2962]

If this song came out say 5-6 yrs earlier, it would have been sold in America as a "disco" song rather than a "new wave" song...

[Nine Crocodile]

Duran Duran before Duran Duran was Duran Duran. Japan - Quiet Life - 1979.

[Nine Crocodile]

This thread is incomplete without Wire. So from the massively influential Pink Flag LP, Ex-Lion Tamer. 1977.

[Nine Crocodile]

More Wire. From 154, 1979. Map Ref.

[ed2962]

Happy Halloween!

[ed2962]

[Nine Crocodile]

The Damned:

[ed2962]

Ghost In The Machine was a hit and The Police then became a mainstream band, but Reggatta De Blanc and Zenyatta Mondatta they were still considered "New Wave" in America

[ed2962]

Morrissey was a superfan of The New York Dolls

[Nine Crocodile]

Ghost In The Machine was a hit and The Police then became a mainstream band, but Reggatta De Blanc and Zenyatta Mondatta they were still considered "New Wave" in America

I'd argue Zendatta is where they went mainstream in the US as it was a big hit here and they even picked up some Grammy awards from it. Fantastic band.